Now, this Jedi trend isn't a new thing. It all started back in 2001 when an email campaign erroneously claimed the government would have to officially recognize it as a religion if enough people picked it in the census. Whoops.

And it's been going strong ever since. In the 2006 census, a little more than 58,000 Australians claimed they were Jedis.

But even though it may seem like a harmless joke, the president of the Atheist Foundation of Australia isn't laughing.

She told the Brisbane Times, "Answering the religion question thoughtfully and honestly matters because it benefits all Australians when decisions on how to spend taxpayer dollars are made on sound data that accurately reflects modern-day Australia."

And dozens of people on Twitter have launched a "Don't Mark Yourself as Jedi" campaign to make sure the fun stops before the 2016 census.